In this June 15, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo removes a mask as he holds a news conference in Tarrytown, N.Y.

Assemblyman Ron Kim On Cuomo's Nursing Home 'Cover Up'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 17, 2021

In Wednesday's press briefing Governor Cuomo singled out state legislator Ron Kim in an intensifying back and forth over how the state handled nursing homes and COVID-19. Assemblyman Ron Kim (D 40th District, portions of Whitestone, Flushing and Murray Hill) responds to the Governor's verbal attack and talks about how he thinks the state's nursing home policies have affected his district.

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